6 Tips To Improve Your Tennis Serves

If you want to be an effective tennis player you’re going to have to develop a nice serve.

There’s many ways to do this and you’ll see 6 tips that’ll help take your serve to the next level.

I’m sure you’ll be a better tennis player after reading this guide. Ready?

A Video To Help You Out

Here’s a video that’ll show you everything you need to know:

Simple, right? Now let’s move onto 6 tips I think you should know.

1) The Serve Begins With the Toss
The toss is often overlooked because so much attention is given to the swing and aim. But every serve starts with a toss, and a good or bad toss makes a big difference.

However, it’s really easy to work on your toss. You don’t even need to have your racket with you – you just need a ball. This means you can still be working on your tennis game when you’re not at the court.

A perfect toss lands directly in front of your body. So, to practice, simply toss the ball straight up wherever you are – with the goal of having it land directly in front of you.

Once you master this, you’ll naturally set up your serve with the perfect toss each time. This is a great way to improve your overall technique.

2) Use Drills to Develop Accurate Aim

If you’re a beginner, your focus is just to serve the ball without hitting the net or going outside the lines.

But as you get better, you want to strategically place the serve in one of the corners of the box. And the only way to do this is to practice. You’ll have to serve over and over again while aiming for a specific corner of the box. As you practice, you’ll become more accurate, and be able to hit that corner more often in an actual match.

An important part of this drill is to make sure you don’t aim for the same corner of the box every time. While this will make you good at hitting that spot, your opponent will quickly catch on that you serve to the same spot every time – and adjust accordingly.

By doing this drill regularly and constantly changing your target, you’ll be able to accurately serve the ball wherever you choose. This will allow you to approach each serve strategically.

3) Be Ready to Perform Under Pressure

When you’re practicing, there’s not much pressure. If you make a mistake, you simply try again until you get it right.

But in an actual match, the stakes are much higher. One wrong move could cost you the match. It might even come down to your serve to win.

Try to mimic these conditions in practice. Go against people who are better than you. Play in single set scenarios where the loser has to do push-ups or run a lap.

This will help prepare you to serve under pressure. By doing this, you’ll have a champion’s mindset when the time comes.

4) Avoiding the Net

A common issue people have with their tennis serves is that they come in flat and hit the net often.

If this issue is something you have trouble with, use use topspin or slice to get your ball up over the net. In order to develop this, simply toss the ball as far as you can reach. This naturally creates a topspin that should help the ball go over the net.

This emphasizes the importance of the toss. Go back to the first tip so that you can master it.

Once you have this special toss mastered and are able to hit the ball at this distance consistently, you’ll have no problem getting it over the net.

5) Keep Your Eyes on the Ball

This is a cliche people use in just about every sport. But when it comes to mastering the tennis serve – it couldn’t be more true.

Your eyes should be on the ball the entire time – even seconds after you’ve hit it.

After you make contact with the tennis ball, you should be following through all the way to the hip that’s opposite the hand you use to serve with. If you hit the ball with your right hand, you should follow through so your right hand hits your left hip. And the entire time you’re doing this, your eyes should be on the ball.

This will improve your overall technique by allowing you to be more accurate. And with this accuracy, you’ll be able to strategically place the ball in any corner of the box you choose.

6) Develop Power

As you improve your serve, the last thing you need to do is power. At this point, you’re able to accurately place the ball in any corner of the box you choose. Now, imagine you can do that, and make the ball travel ten times faster.

There’s a drill that will help you develop this power. You only need a ball for this one, too.

Start in your regular serving position and toss the ball. When the ball is as high as it gets, catch it and follow through to the ground. The ball should bounce in your box and the next one.

This drill is a little hard to master, but once you do, you’ll have outstanding power – and well-rounded technique.

Improving your tennis serve can be broken down into technique, mindset, and strategy. If you follow the tips in this article, you’ll have a well-rounded technique, a champion’s mindset, and be able to execute your strategy.

You Should Be A Better Tennis Player Now!

Tennis is a wonderful sport and is a really great way to get exercise while having fun. But it’s not fun unless you’re good and if you have a weak serve you’ll never be good.

If you go through this guide and watch the video I put up top, you’ll see improvements.

Of course you’ll need a good racquet too and if you want to see my top picks, click below:

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